LANPHER MEMORIAL LIBRARY MAIN ST. HYDE PARK, VT 802-888-4628 CURRENT HOURS: MONDAY 12-7 TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 10-5 SATURDAY 10-1 - Lanpher Memorial Library, 141 Main Street, Hyde Park, VT 888-46285 Monday 12-7; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10-5; Saturday 10-1

Water Bottle Filling Station at the Library!

5/24/2023

Stop by the Lanpher Library to fill up your water bottles at our new Water Bottle Filling Station that we intsalled with a grant through Green Up Vermont, sponsored by Chittenden Solid Waste District and the VT Agency of Natural Resources. (Thank You!)

If you don't have a water bottle with you...don't buy a single use plastic bottle! Buy one of these re-usable aluminum bottles for $5 and fill it up!

Learn more about Green Up Vermont's initiative to reduce the amount of single use plastics, and see if you can recognize anyone in the WCAX piece:
https://www.wcax.com/2022/06/28/green-up-vermont-tries-new-method-reduce-plastic-waste/www.wcax.com/2022/06/28/green-up-vermont-tries-new-method-reduce-plastic-waste/

Hyde Park Views!

8/3/2022

Hyde Park is excited to announce the official start of a fundraising campaign for an amazing art installation called "Hyde Park Views" at the trail head of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail on Depot St. in Hyde Park, and YOU can help make it happen!
If the campaign reaches its $20,000 goal by September 8th, Hyde Park Views will receive a matching grant of $40,000 from DHCD’s Better Places program.
To learn more, and to donate (any amount at all will be gratefully received!) visit: https://www.patronicity.com/project/hyde_park_views#!/

Vermont LSTA Plan Survey

5/10/2022

The Lanpher Library benefits from the Vermont Department of Library's (VTLib) services in a variety of ways. VTLib needs YOUR help in order for them to make sure they are getting funding for uses that will benefit you and your use of the Lanpher Library and other Libraries in the state.
Please consider filling out the short 4 question survey below.
Here is what it asks:
1) My library is...(public? school? academic? other? If you're filling it out for the Lanpher Library, it's PUBLIC)
2) This question asks you to click a box to finish the sentence: "My library is..."
Answer choices range from "essential to the quality of life in my community" to "not at all important to the quality of life in my community"
3) Aspirations for my library.
This question asks you to complete this sentence in your own words in a text box:
"I wish that my library was able to....."
4) Please complete the following sentence by entering your thoughts in the text box below.
I wish my library would do...
More of this____________________
and less of this______________________.

https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6857086/Vermont-LSTA-Plan-Survey-2022

Here is some more info about the funding:
Every five years, each state library administrative agency (SLAA) in the nation (the Vermont Department of Libraries [VTLib] is Vermont’s official SLAA) is required to develop a five-year plan that outlines how it intends to use federal funding provided through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) "Grants to States" program. This plan must be submitted by June 30, 2022 to qualify for funding for Federal Fiscal Years 2023 - 2027.
QualityMetrics, working closely with VTLib, recently completed an independent evaluation of Vermont's implementation of the LSTA program for the 2018 - 2022 period and is now facilitating the development of the new five-year plan. This very brief survey (it should take you no more than five minutes to complete) along with the information gathered during the evaluation are components of the planning process. Please "give us five" to help the Vermont Department of Libraries serve your community better!
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6857086/Vermont-LSTA-Plan-Survey-2022

Wishtree Day 2022

4/18/2022

Wishtree Day started at the Lanpher Library in May 2019. The book Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate was on the VT Middle Grade book award list, and after reading it, we recognized a need for a Wishtree in our community.
About the book: "Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . .

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"—people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood.

You might say Red has seen it all.

Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever."

On May 1, 2019, with the help of Hyde Park Elementary School Librarian, Robin Bryce, and the Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF), we organized a day where every student from HPES came to the Library, wrote down their wish, and with help of volunteers: Melanie and Everett Dickinson, Marie Olsen, Tammy Agnew, and Shelby Padulo, they tied their wishes into the branches of the Pin Oak tree in front of the Lanpher Library.
In 2019, there were a lot of wishes to win the lottery, become rich and famous, and also wishes for love, and caring, and for summer every day!

In May of 2020, because of Covid-19, our Wishtree Day, like so many other things, moved to an online format. We shared the anonymous online form with school classes, and the wider community. We wrote the wishes down on scraps of fabric and tied them to the tree on behalf of the wishers. The tone of the wishes changed. There were few lighthearted wishes, and more wishes for quarantine to be over, to play with my friends again, for the virus to end...

May 1, 2021 was a true day of community in Hyde Park. April 30th was Wishtree Day with Hyde Park Elem. School students walking to the Library to tie their wishes in the tree branches. May 1, was Green Up Day! Folks stopped by the Library to hang wishes in the tree, pick up their Green Up bags, and were welcomed by the unicorn, eagle, squid, and lion characters! The Lanpher Library dedicated our Spirit of Community Awards to Robin Aither and Kathy Geiersbach, and cut the ribbon on the Little Free Library created in memory of Chris Maxim. The Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library also dedicated a Little Free Library at the Gihon Valley Hall in North Hyde Park.

This year, we'll have Wishtree Day with HPES on Friday, April 29th. On the 29th, and after, we will have scraps of fabric available in the Library for folks to write down their wishes too, or you can submit your wish through the anonymous online form and we'll write them down and put them on the Wishtree.

For more information about Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate, check out the author's website...and check out the book from the Lanpher Library!
katherineapplegate.com/ lanpherlibrary.org

Click here to submit a wish online

Waking Up to Social Change Art Exhibit at the Library

1/24/2022

Books for Children about Death and Dying

1/11/2022

Often, reading a book or story can help children feel that they are not alone, and can normalize what they are experiencing.
As with other books about social and emotional development, books about death, dying, sadness, grief, and the 'circle of life' can be shared with children at any time.
Here is a list of picture books and other materials that are available at the Lanpher Memorial Library. We update the list as we add books to our collection.
(slide show below shows covers of a few of them)

Click Here: Materials for children Death & Grief

2022 at the Lanpher Library

12/28/2021

As we say goodbye to 2021, we look ahead to what will be new in 2022 at the Lanpher Library.

Of course, there is so much that is still uncertain, however, we are committed to staying open for browsing and computer use, we just ask that you please wear a mask while inside the building.

We have a monthly book discussion that is currently held through zoom. Please take a look at the page on this website to learn more: www.lanpherlibrary.org/book-discussion.html

The Lanpher Library now owns 11 pairs of snowshoes for our patrons to borrow! https://www.lanpherlibrary.org/snowshoe-borrowing.html

The Vermont Department of Libraries received funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and distributed money for approved projects for individual public libraries around the state. We submitted a proposal to get an awning for the little "nook" on the Church St. side of the Library and it was approved. We hope in early spring to have that installed by Otter Creek Awnings. This will provide some shade and shelter for those who use the Lanpher Library's fee Wifi outside of the building.

We're partnering with Lamoille Neighbors to bring a virtual program: "Aging Gardens, Aging Gardeners" on Wednesday, January 12th at 7 p.m.
Please learn more and register to attend:
https://www.lanpherlibrary.org/calendar-of-programs-and-events.htmlwww.lanpherlibrary.org/calendar-of-programs-and-events.html

Watershed Explorer Kits for loan

7/6/2021

The Lanpher Library has 2 Watershed Explorer Challenge Kits for loan for children 5+ WITH AN ADULT.
The two kits, Watershed Model and Watershed Explorer, have been designed to give families the opportunity to explore our Lake Champlain watershed with hands-on activities using scientific tools and methods to conduct field studies. They are designed to be used with the Watershed Explorer Challenge booklet published by Watershed Alliance, UVM Extension and SUNY Plattsburgh program.

You can use the kit at any stream or river site, or at a local site (like the Gihon River, or the Lamoille,) that eventually flows to Lake Champlain.

KIT #1 Watershed Model focuses on watersheds and is designed to be used at home.
The kit includes maps, books, and tools to be used for different experiments like: using cooking oil and water to explore how water moves through a watershed.

KIT #2 Watershed Explorer is designed to be used in the field to gather water quality field assessments.
The kit includes all you need to search for aquatic macro invertebrates; do a chemical assessment to determine pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, and nitrates; and information on how to be a citizen scientist.

These kits are designed for ages 5+ WITH AN ADULT

Please let us know if you're interested in borrowing a kit and trying out the Watershed Explorer Challenge!

April Fair Housing Month

4/26/2021

As part of April Fair Housing Month, we invite you to share your creative interpretations of home and inclusive communities by inviting you as an artist of any age and ability, to request an art kit (acrylic paint, a canvas, paintbrush, and art prompts) from us. hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com
Create an piece of art that explores thoughts like: What do you think of when you think of "home" or "inclusion"? Can you illustrate how home feels differently now than it did last year? What would your ideal community look like if you drew it yourself?
You can then join the HeART & Home Community Art Project by going to www.fairhousingmonthvt.org/community-art-project
or sharing your creations at www.facebook.com/HeARTandHomeVT
The art will be compiled in an online gallery and all participants are invited to attend the April 29 Artist Reception.
The Lanpher Library has set up the book: "A Chair for my Mother", by Vera B. Williams, as a StoryWalk® along Main St. in Hyde Park. Start at Hyde Park Elementary School and continue up Main St. following the story pages as you go.

US Military Veteran Information Packets Available from the Library

1/23/2021

Did you, or someone you know serve in the Military?
The Lanpher Library has been provided with Veteran's benefits packets to give to interested US Military Veterans.

Please contact us:
802-888-4628
hydeparklibrary@yahoo.com
We can mail them to you, or make them available for pick up during our curbside hours: Mondays 1:00-4:00 & 5:00-7:00, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays 10:00-4:00 and Saturdays, 10:00-1:00